Joshua Judges Ruth

Talk about ignoring my blog, its been like 6 months. Now I'm trying to talk myself into writing more.

Lyle Lovett kicks ass. No doubt about it. His 1992 album 'Joshua Judges Ruth' is a wonderful disc.

[geek note - Joshua Judges Ruth are the 6th, 7th & 8th books of the old testament]

The album, now 12 years old, might be Lovett's best. A double shot of gospel leads the album off, then it makes a left onto a West Texas highway. You can see the stark landscape slide by as you listen to 'She's Already Made Up Her Mind' and 'North Dakota'.

The last half of the disc is just as strong and possibly more fluid. 'Since The Last Time', 'Baltimore' & 'Family Reserves' make you feel like a fly on the wall in a large farm house at a family reunion. The album ends with 'She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To', 'Flyswatter/Ice Water Blues' & 'She Makes Me Feel So Good'; the bad, the long & the good of a relationship.

This album is not in my top 50 yet, but will probably be next time as I rediscovered it after it got burned to the hard drive. A perfect album for Sunday afternoons or weekday mornings on which you don't work.